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I meant no disrespect to Cros-Lex. I was impressed with the way they played. And their fans and cheerleaders were heads and tails above Clintondale's. Cros-Lex (team, fans, cheerleaders) were energetic, optimistic, and were ready. Clintodale looked like they came out expecting to just roll over the Pioneers. It looked like Marine City just took too much out of them. They went to MC, beat the rival, then expected to be handed a ticket to play Holland Christian in the finals.

I thought weather was a huge factor because the Dragons could not get their star RB the kinda foothold he needed to make his cuts and turn on his speed...but I also sort of don't buy it because the Pioneers had no problem throwing the ball and running around on defense.

I was rooting for the MAC Gold, and was obviously disappointed. The lack of focus was evident in the 2 costly fumbles in the 4th quarter and the multiple penalties that led to the missed PAT. And the perception that Clintondale was not putting everything out there was evident when they pretty much drove the field in the final minute to try to win the game. Where was that desire in the first 59 minutes? I'm not dogging the kids from Clintondale, I just feel bad for them because I think they could have easily won that game and will regret some of those mistakes for a lifetime.

I would have loved to see the MAC Gold take it to Country Day again. looks like now I'm forced to pick between the lesser of 2 evils...an elitist Country Day program taking the "easy road" to the state championship or a lucky Cros-Lex team that is not as good as Clintondale made them appear to be. The Blue Water Conference in the State Finals? And it's not even Imlay City!! What's this world coming to!?

Exactly. They don't want to get in the habit of playing up to and down to the levels of their opponents. You let lesser teams like Cros-Lex stick around, this is what happens!